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I don't see it as Kubernetes being the common interface but containers.

So long as an organization uses a container-first philosophy or container-centric workflows for development they can deploy to pretty much anywhere.

Kubernetes gets the buzz but containers are the real key to flexibility.

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There's way more to this than just the containers (the apps) themselves though. Orchestration is a very big piece of the puzzle, integrating into that layer is traditionally very cloud specific. Without a common orchestration layer you end up re-inventing the wheel a lot. Containers being a common interface is good, but having the orchestration have a common interface (k8s) is also important.

Why would you end up reinventing the wheel though if the orchestrarion layer were not common? No, you would be using the one from your cloud provider. I think that was the point of your greatgrandparent comment.

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